Owner's manual

PRO RX16ex Installation and User’s Manual
Table of Content
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 4
1.1. Safety Considerations...................................................................................................... 5
1.1.1. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................. 5
1.1.2. CONSIDÉRATIONS DE SÉCURITÉ ....................................................................... 6
1.1.3. SAFTY BERÜCKSICHTIGUNGEN ......................................................................... 7
1.1.4. CONSIDERACIONES DE SEGURIDAD ................................................................. 8
1.2. System Requirements ..................................................................................................... 9
1.3. Technical Support ............................................................................................................ 9
2. Getting Started ...................................................................................................................... 10
2.1. Packaging ...................................................................................................................... 10
2.2. Check List ...................................................................................................................... 10
3. Overview ............................................................................................................................... 11
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3.1.Disk Module ............................................................................................................. 11
3.3. Front, back and HBE ..................................................................................................... 12
4. Installation ............................................................................................................................. 13
4.1. Rackmount Installation .................................................................................................. 13
4.2. Disk Module Installation ................................................................................................. 14
4.3. Host Bus Extender Card ................................................................................................ 15
4.3.1. HBE Card Installation ............................................................................................ 15
4.4. Making the Connections ................................................................................................ 17
4.4.1. PCI-e Extender Cable ............................................................................................ 17
4.4.2. Mac Connection ..................................................................................................... 17
4.4.3. Windows PC Connection ....................................................................................... 18
4.5. PRO RX16ex Optional Expansion Port .............................................................................. 18
4.5.1.. Connection the PCI-e Expansion Port ....................................................................... 19
4.5.3. Configuring the PCI-e Expansion Devices .................................................................. 19
4.6.
 Driver Installation ........................................................................................................... 20
4.6.1. Mac Pro – Expansion Slot Utility settings .............................................................. 20
4.6.2. Mac Driver Installation ........................................................................................... 21
4.6.3. Windows XP/2000 Driver Installation .................................................................... 22
4.6.4. Windows Vista Driver Installation .......................................................................... 22
4.7. RAID Console Installation .............................................................................................. 23
4.7.1. Apple Mac RAID Console Installation .................................................................... 23
4.7.2. Windows PC RAID Console Installation ................................................................ 23
4.8. Built-in Ethernet Configuration ....................................................................................... 24
4.9. E-mail notification .......................................................................................................... 24
5. RAID Console Operations ..................................................................................................... 25
5.1. Start RAID Console GUI ................................................................................................ 25
5.1.1. Start Apple Mac RAID Console GUI ...................................................................... 25
5.1.2. Start Windows PC RAID Console GUI .................................................................. 26
5.1.3. Built-in Ethernet ..................................................................................................... 27
5.2. Change RAID Mode – Deleting / Creating..................................................................... 28
5.2.1. Delete the RAID Set .............................................................................................. 28
5.2.2. Create a RAID Set ................................................................................................. 29
5.2.3. Create >2TB RAID Set for Windows XP (32bit): ................................................... 30
6. Alarm Conditions / Degraded RAID Set ................................................................................ 32
6.1. Replacing a Disk Module ............................................................................................... 33
7. Formatting and Partitioning ................................................................................................... 34
7.1. Apple OS X Formatting .................................................................................................. 34
7.1.1. Erase an existing partition ..................................................................................... 34
7.1.2. Create a new partition ............................................................................................ 35
7.2. Windows XP / Vista Formatting ..................................................................................... 36
8. RAID Level Descriptions ....................................................................................................... 38
9. Limited Warranty ................................................................................................................... 39
10. Product Registration .......................................................................................................... 40
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